-------Bill Browder------ story of the week/year

[Leghorn21]

Last edited Sun Jul 30, 2017, 02:59 PM - Edit history (1)

If you have not already read Mr. Browder's testimony from last Wednesday, please do take a moment to check out the three links below...it was a crazy busy week, I know! - but his story is chilling, moving, and heartfelt, and explains so much of Putin's motivations, fears and - cruelty.


Testimony of William Browder to the Senate Judiciary Committee

I am the founder and CEO of Hermitage Capital Management. I grew up in Chicago, but for
the last 28 years I’ve lived in Moscow and London, and am now a British citizen. From 1996
to 2005, my firm, Hermitage Capital, was one of the largest investment advisers in Russia
with more than $4 billion invested in Russian stocks.

Russia has a well-known reputation for corruption; unfortunately, I discovered that it was
far worse than many had thought. While working in Moscow I learned that Russian oligarchs
stole from shareholders, which included the fund I advised. Consequently, I had an interest
in fighting this endemic corruption, so my firm started doing detailed research on exactly
how the oligarchs stole the vast amounts of money that they did. When we were finished
with our research we would share it with the domestic and international media.

For a time this naming and shaming campaign worked remarkably well and led to less
corruption and increased share prices in the companies we invested in. Why? Because
President Vladimir Putin and I shared the same set of enemies. When Putin was first elected
in 2000 he found that the oligarchs had misappropriated much of the president’s power as
well. They stole power from him while stealing money from my investors. In Russia your
enemy’s enemy is your friend, and even though I’ve never met Putin, he would often step
into my battles with the oligarchs and crack down on them.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029389442

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029387113

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=9379340

edit to add link:

Why "Adoptions" means Sanctions talk:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029378163

[Achilleaze]

1. k & r

[HipChick]

2. K&R..For visibility...

[Atticus]

3. Kick, kick, kick! Nt

[Leghorn21]

4. I just found that Mr. Browder is on twitter; never thought to look!

https://mobile.twitter.com/Billbrowder

[Enoki33]

21. Thanks.

[The Wielding Truth]

5. K&R

[Madam45for2923]

6. I liked this: Talk of Adoption Talk of Magnitsky Act Repeal Talk of Russian Sanctions Lifting

I liked this: Talk of Adoption = Talk of Magnitsky Act Repeal = Talk of Russian Sanctions Lifting

Talk of Russian Children Adoption is code for all of the above.

Remember trump spoke with Putin about adoptions, wink wink.

[meow2u3]

7. K&R for visibility

Browder could go down in history as the hero of the century!

[lastlib]

8. Add my kick & Rec!

[Leghorn21]

9. Nataliya Veselnitskaya - "I met with Trump Jr. to Warn Him About Crooked Bill Browder"

https://m.

From July 19, one week before Mr. Browder's testimony

Really, though - "Crooked" is the best adjective any of these failing criminals can come up with??! Sad!

[SunSeeker]

20. LOL

[dhill926]

10. kickin' and reccin'...

[malaise]

11. K & R

Important

[mountain grammy]

12. K & R

[AnotherMother4Peace]

13. Magnitsky - a young attorney imprisoned, tortured & killed by Putin thugs; Adoption - code for the

repeal of the Magnitsky act. This is very powerful testimony. Please read and share.

[Leghorn21]

14. Photo, Mr. Magnitsky:

[AnotherMother4Peace]

17. A true hero - tortured & starved but still refused to sign false papers. nt

[SunSeeker]

19. R.I.P.

[awesomerwb1]

26. RIP Mr Magnitzky. nt

[smirkymonkey]

15. K&R

[Mickju]

16. This is definitely a "must read".

[SunSeeker]

18. K & R

[JT99]

22. K&R

[Leghorn21]

23. Say, does anyone recall donJr mentioning a convo about "Bill Browder" during that fateful meeting

Ron Goldstone brokered to discuss "Clinton dirt" and "adoptions"?

Yeah, me either

[Rainbow Droid]

24. Hard to believe few here know of Bill Browder...

Finally, after so many years, people are starting to notice, and I'm seeing red that they never noticed before.

[Leghorn21]

25. And I don't blame you, Rainbow. I am duly ashamed and sheepish that I never heard of

this extraordinary man until his powerful Senate testimony this week. Trying to make up for lost time -

[Gabi Hayes]

31. Lots of stuff here lately

I started several threads, mostly ignored

Here:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029389442

[Leghorn21]

33. Yes, Gabi - your link is included in my op - I wasn't sure how to best put everything together

for my post, but anyway - yours is there-

[Gabi Hayes]

35. Oh, heh

Here's a direct link from tom tomorrow, via lcoyote

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2017/07/donald-trump-jr-s-russia-meeting-was-allegedly-about-the-magnitsky-act-what-the-hell-is-the-magnitsky-act/

Sorry if repeated

[Leghorn21]

37. Hey, we're gonna have a shit ton of "repeats" on the most important story in our lives

today, Gabi - who cares about dupes, repeats, etc!? Thanks!

[Gabi Hayes]

38. Zackly.....word spreading is key

Especially with MSM ignorance

Where the FFFF are Dems??????

[Arazi]

43. Yup, mine got ZERO replies

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029369322

[AlexSFCA]

32. it is sad

that most never heard of him. This is the state of media. They are not willing to take a complicated story and simplify it for the masses. No clickbait friendly. This is the issue right now with the Russia probe, is that for most Americans it is too complicated to even understand because so much historical context and knowledge are necessary prerequisities for it. We can only hope that the press and elected officials will start properly educating the public in a consice way the full story. The county needs to get up to speed and on the same page. A comedian, Samantha Bee, does the best job of simplifying facts for the masses.

[Gabi Hayes]

36. Media largely igoring

Just as they did Iran contra

[Pachamama]

44. I keep waiting and expecting Rachel Maddow to cover this in detail

All in all, she and her staff have done an outstanding job reporting on the various Oligarchs and players in this convoluted play. She has been excellent at connecting the dots. Why she hasn't covered it may possibly be because there is a lot of belief that more is coming and will blow things far and wide. But I think it needs to be talked about now and constantly.

[AlexSFCA]

27. incredible

The most important thread right now. What is mind boggling is how Bill has been able to stay alive when everyone else is dead. We are so fortunate that he is able to shed the light on Putin.

if you think about it, these sanctions are so effective that Putin himself might be in danger as he can no longer gurantee impunity to those who surround him. The Mueller investigation will end up to be much bigger than about trump, this is about the future of the entire world.

[Leghorn21]

29. Alex, you of all people know how crucial it is to get the Magnitsky/Putin/Browder story

out in front of all the dangly stupid stories we're being flooded with - a whole lot of us knew virtually nothing about this until Mr. Browder's testimony last Wednesday, and are scrambling madly to "get the word out" -

Good to see you, hope all is well with you!

[Leghorn21]

28. Butyrka prison, where Mr. Magnitsky was murdered:

[VermontKevin]

30. Please add this link--Why "Adoptions" means Sanctions talk.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029378163

[Leghorn21]

34. Done, my friend! nt

[annabanana]

39. It was printed in it's entirelty in The Atlantic, 8/25

link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/bill-browders-testimony-to-the-senate-judiciary-committee/534864/

[Leghorn21]

40. Hi annab - yes, the Atlantic article is included in the op, in the third link. Amazing read - it

changed my heart and mind like little else in this catastrophe has...

Thanks!!

[orangecrush]

41. I'm sorry I can only rec this once

It needs to become household knowledge.

[MarvinGardens]

42. K & R

[rainbow4321]

45. K&R

[klook]

46. Vital story

I just read Browder's testimony in the Atlantic piece. So these brutal gangsters are Trump's handlers. Terrifying.

[madwivoter]

47. K&R

Wow. Just wow.

Thank you for posting (to everyone who posted a thread about this!).